HARLEM WEEK 37th Anniversary
Tracing the Evolution
Tracing the evolution of HARLEM WEEK, now
thirty seven-years old (1974), is very
simple— it began as HARLEM DAY, a one-day
tribute that was so astonishingly and
unexpectedly successful that more days were
needed to showcase the community’s rich
economic, political and cultural history, to
say nothing of the current, ever increasing
artistic talent in Harlem. Above all, HARLEM
DAY—in its unique way—was a day of
encouragement and fellowship for New Yorkers
in general and Harlemites in particular,
many of whom had struggled for some years to
see a positive future for Urban America.
